Ronnie Krauss
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wonderous educational field trips with the help of a magical schoolbus.
Getting energized (topic: energy): The class is ready to plug in their "double trouble wheel of wonder" at the carnival when they discover all the outlets are taken.
Gets charged (topic: electricity): The class is selling light bulbs. When they stop at Ms. Frizzle's house to sell her one, they find that her doorbell doesn't work.
A...
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wonderous educational field trips with the help of a magical schoolbus.
Revving up (topic: engines): The school district's Vehicle Maintenance Inspector, Junkett, is about to condemn the Magic School Bus.
Under construction (topic: structures): Two inches tall and trapped in a bathroom, the kids must use what they've learned about structures to escape.
Gets programmed (topic: computers): Ms. Frizzle's...
Series
Reading rainbow volume 36
Pub. Date
c2008, 2007.
Description
Barbara Feldon reads the featured book, The Lifecycle of the honeybee, by Paula Z. Hogan. This book illustrates how bees make honey. Host LeVar Burton visits a beekeeper and examines a beehive close up. Viewers will learn how honey is extracted from combs and how important the queen bee is to a well-organized hive. Featured book reviews are 'The Reason for a flower, ' written by Ruth Heller, 'The Lady and the spider, ' written by Faith McNulty, and...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wonderous educational field trips with the help of a magical schoolbus.
In the city (topic: city critters): Tim thinks the zoo is the only place in the city wild animals can survive. To test this theory Ms. Frizzle turns the class into critters!
Cracks a yolk (topic: eggs): The principal goes away for a few days and leaves his chicken, Giblets, in Dorothy Ann's care. The Friz shows the class how eggs...
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Presents a reading of the book "Alistair's time machine" by Marilyn Sadler which tells the story of Alistair who enters a science competition and invents a machine that takes him to many places and time periods. Film clips show some wild inventions that never made it. LeVar meets "Thomas Edison" who shows him his inventions of the light bulb and the phonograph. Reviewed books are "Find Waldo now" by Martin Handford, "The many lives of Benjamin Franklin"...
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